{"id":768527,"date":"2026-06-23T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/768527\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:00:16","slug":"nba-mock-draft-round-up-nobody-knows-what-dallas-is-going-to-do-at-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/768527\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Mock Draft Round Up: Nobody knows what Dallas is going to do at 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Dallas\u2019 hiring of coach Dusty May away from Michigan was an intriguing Monday headline, with all three Michigan prospects &#8212; Aday Mara, Morez Johnson Jr. and Yaxel Lendeborg &#8212; potentially on the board for the Mavericks at this slot. However, there is skepticism within the league about the extent of May\u2019s influence on this pick, with team president Masai Ujiri set to make his first selection in charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Rival teams have come to view Ament as a candidate for the Mavs, with his range starting at No. 6 with Brooklyn and another potential landing spot at No. 10 with Milwaukee. He would be an intriguing frontcourt partner for Cooper Flagg, creating a tall, skilled forward pairing with plenty of long-term upside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">The Mavericks have expressed openness to moving back in the draft, keeping their options open as they build around Flagg. The franchise has signaled to other teams that it plans to keep Kyrie Irving entering next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas\u2019 hiring of coach Dusty May away from Michigan was an intriguing Monday headline, with all three Michigan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,686,149,4057,166,42852,6],"class_list":["post-768527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-mavericks","tag-basketball","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallasmavericks","tag-mavericks","tag-mavericks-draft","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116800023668616491","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}